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Posts under ‘Just For Fun’

Are you kidding me? (#1)

An ongoing series of posts calling out things that upset me.

Leno & NBC Do it Again

Sorry folks – this has nothing to do with the theme of this site, but I have to comment on this one. Who do Leno and NBC’s brass think they are? First they weasel Letterman out of Carson’s Tonight Show gig and now poor Conan? As the great philosopher Yogi Berra once said, “It’s deja vu [...]

Mind the Time Warp

The creative and thought-provoking arm-chair Nostradamus Richard Watson just took a stab at predicting the future of medicine, technology, society, and geopolitics over the next forty years. Interestingly, a lot of the topics discussed on this site showed up as current trends of note (e.g., medical tourism, consumer e-health, blurring of scientific discipline, telemedicine and online medical records). [...]

Boeing 787 Dreamliner: Sweet Looking Inside and Out

A look inside the new 787 Dreamliner indicates Boeing’s engineering teams are factoring our physiological needs into their interior designs.

Animals are much cooler than you

An overview of some of the more overlooked animal traits, and how they can lead to a better appreciation for other species (as well as great entertainment).

Quantified Self Meetup Update

Summary of the December QS SF Bay Area Meetup.

Can Flying Ever Be Made People-Friendly?

We discuss the horror of modern day air travel and planned or hypothetical improvements.

Are Americans Worth their Weight in Gold? No, but some iPhones are.

A fun math problem that explores the relative value of American health care relative to that of other countries…and to iPhones.

The Science of Thanksgiving Sleepiness

We discuss why Thanksgiving dinner (and overeating in general) makes us so tired and ways to combat the drowsies through better understanding of human physiology.